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Genus Nippononebria

Nippononebria virescens (Horn) - Nippononebria virescens Carabid - Nippononebria altisierrae Carabid - Nippononebria altisierrae Carabid - Nippononebria altisierrae Carabid beetle - Nippononebria virescens - male Nippononebria virescens
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Nebriinae
Tribe Nebriini
Genus Nippononebria
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nippononebria Ueno 1955

[formerly treated in the genus Nebria]
Numbers
3 species (all in the subgenus Vancouveria) in our area, 9 spp. in 2 subgenera total(1)

Species:
Nippononebria altisierrae (Kavanaugh) - central Sierra Nevada of California
Nippononebria campbelli (Kavanaugh) - BC and WA
Nippononebria virescens (Horn) - BC to CA, more widespread than the other two species
Range
Holarctic: in NA, so. BC to CA; the remaining spp. in Japan (all in the nominate subgenus)(1)
Print References
David H. Kavanaugh & Hongbin Liang 2010. A new species of genus Nippononebria Uéno (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Nebriini) from Changbai Mountain, Jilin Province, China, the first species of the genus confirmed from the Asian mainland. ZooKeys 46: 1–13
(2)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Genus Nippononebria in the Nearctic region, with description of a new subgenus, Vancouveria (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
D.H. Kavanaugh. 1995. Entomological News, 106: 153-160.